SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000580010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S?,CRF;Ti GG~'oT ~`S~ - U.S OFF: ^*1T.v
COUNTRY,
:opIC Soviet Troop Trains
CB -a - -Converted Boxcar; B - Boxcar; P Flatcar
On 7 Larch 1954 a sl pment of 2 RRym-type latcars with tanks
was dispatched from Prenzlau to Eberswalde.
On 11 March, nine troop trains arrived at Prenzlau. five of these
eludin train from Altruppin with 25 x 120 -mm mortars, and trucks,
pie ce s Grand trucks
a train from NeuruA3Iaisa rtiith four
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a trs.in from Wit
ersonnsD1 carriers mounting twin-barreled AA guar
and trucks
a train, probably frogs W'ittenberge with + r?tillex7 25X1
and a n, pro y from l+i tten rye, with 10 -~ s s'
Tp '.rains passing through the Rathenow
included::
'ai.lroad statiot between 11 and 15 March
Dgte in __- _ o. 3tion of From
ar oou "rams
11 9 B, 29 F with 29 trucks and Magdeburg-
radio trucks, Brueckfeld
has t Germany
14 B, 33 F with 16x 85..E AT guns Brandenburg
and 24 trucks
0 B, 22 F with 4 tanks and Burg
17 trucks
32 B, 98 F
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Magdebur g--
Brueckfeld
Rheinsberg
undetermined
Alt uppin
Fuerstenberg/
Navel
aft, B,. 32 F Altengrabow Gr ansee
117 14 B, 55 F - ' Altengrab6w Cranase
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Date in
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March
8 B, 43 F. with 34 trucks,
15 2J4 F with. 7 T-34 tanks
aid 15 trucks
9 B, 21 F with 16 tanks
13 trucks
The fo11ow .ng troop trains
Magdeburg-
Sudenburg
Satzkorn
Satzkorn.
undetermined
Haldensleban
Haldensleben
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25X1
in railroad records between 11 and 15 Marchh : 25X1
''tn
z ? rcb _
p?~~ cif
Troo-a Trains
1Y CB, 27 F
3ueterbog-
Bernau
Altes Lager
1~ CAB, 34 F
Justerbog--
Bernau
U-t c Lager
14, B, 20 F
Haldensleben
Eberawalde
35 F'
Luokenwalde
Neustr e~litz
Luctae'rAwalde
Heuss trelitz
B, 18F
Fuerstenbarg
Luckenwalde
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Ne'uruppin
Luckenwaldo
B, 3_; ?
Hourupp?n
Luckoalde
10 B, 33. T
BrandaWburg
Rheineberg
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Trooo tr.?al
T-7101 -nd-3d.:
;B, 1 B, . 36 F
12 Q "I. ~. B, 48 F
W M. m 2 B, 49 F
9 CB, I B, 50 F
17 3 CB, 1 B, 39 F
6 CB, 1B, 20 F
f~ia^Ji`ei,"tC1C~3:i!.~'o ~ Qa3. C7
5 GB, 2 B, 45 F
CB, : .8, 38 F
10 C% 2 B, A9 F
GB, i6 F
08, 2 B, !.8 F
GB, .2 B, ~o i>
0 OB. 2 B, 47 F
1 5,:. GB, 2 B, 4 F
Sch ;e in.
Schwerin
Schwerin
Schwerin
W.smt
Wis=er
HHagenow 6
Hagcnow
Schwerin
Schwerin
Sca.rerin
on 15, 16 and 17 March
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Herzberg
Neustrelitz
Neuutrelitz
Neustrelltz
Herzberg
Herzberg
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3. mast. two tares of the 83th Ode 1v Tank
SF Rest of the 25th Tank Div were loaded. The vehicles probably went to the tank
roT*lr shop at Eberswaide.
?. 7'rent.
nn 11 )ftrch 1954. the sams carom
n ants of the 25 `Tank Liv returned tyliich, on 5 and 6 March, moved from railroad
stations reported In paragraph 2 to Mirow and, subset uently, to the Muerit
3eo (lake-) - Neuruppin area for field exercises.
Comore t. The troop trains carried units to a field exercise which apparently 25X1
started in the I'1o?uppin d- peustrelitz - Wittstook area on 15 March 1954. These
twits included:
4 c k1a oburF
--Bnv_,c'eld and
On 11 H arch 195k. armor aiqnal u fits of the Third Shock ArrW on the troop train
coops, Including contingents a ie 3rd s AJ-A Div/
A medium AT gun twit of the 20th Army AT Arty Brig
was loaded at Rrarulsnburg4
or the t s v ar%~c SIP Regt.
A?ten ~x s. ry
probably elements
A robably e).e nts of the . 4th Army Arty Brig of the Third Shook Army; or 10th How
Predomir:antly? continents of the 94th Cos Mtv Rifle Div, but also corps troops of
the VC ?itz Rifle corm.
except for some ay unite, troops of the
Buz Rifle Cor?s were conducting a field exercise.
4 L_ Comment.
Qo tYn tints of the 10th Gds Tank Div wore entrained and probably moved to Letzlin
a eath for combat firing, practice..
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6, om nt. On 16 V rc . 195,, one of the do troop -trains with howitzers and rocket
launchers of the 12th Gds? Tattle Div from Neustroli.tz to Luckenwalde was observed
passing throug:h Sa?tzkor n.
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Probably additional army
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